Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 2, 1934

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.

Our Daily Bread

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 2, 1934

Our Daily Bread
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers United Artists, Viking Productions
Original title Our Daily Bread
Directors Ralph Slosser, King Vidor
Writers Elizabeth Hill, King Vidor, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Karen Morley

as Mary Sims

Tom Keene

as John Sims

Barbara Pepper

as Sally

Addison Richards

as Louie

John Qualen

as Chris (as John T. Qualen)

Lloyd Ingraham

as Uncle Anthony

Sidney Bracey

as Rent Collector

Henry Hall

as Frank - the Carpenter

Nellie V. Nichols

as Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)

Frank Minor

as Plumber

Bud Rae

as Stonemason

Harry Brown

as Little Man

C.E. Anderson

as Schultz - the Butcher (uncredited)

Earl Askam

as Farmer (uncredited)

Lionel Backus

as Barber (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Jack Baldwin

as Motorcyclist (uncredited)

Marion Ballou

as Old Lady (uncredited)

Harry Bernard

as Chief (uncredited)

Harold Berquist

as Father (uncredited)

Bonita

as Mother (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Professor (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

as Bully (uncredited)

Tommy Bupp

as Boy (uncredited)

Henry Burroughs

as Politician (uncredited)

Cy Clegg

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Billy Engle

as Abie Cohen (uncredited)

Florence Enright

as Gossiping Woman #2 (uncredited)

Alma Ferns

as Mrs. Hilda Larsen (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

as Community Member (uncredited)

Harris Gordon

as Cigar Salesman (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Frank Hammond

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Jack Hyam

as Violinist (uncredited)

Doris Kemper

as Gossiping Woman #1 (uncredited)

Billy Kidston

as Boy (uncredited)

Maybelle Lee

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

as Cohen's Son (uncredited)

Gene O'Brien

as Boy (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

as Powerhouse Employee (uncredited)

Hal Price

as Threatened Bidder at Auction (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

as George Hannibal (uncredited)

Alex Schumberg

as Violinist (uncredited)

Harry Semels

as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

as Ex-Convict (uncredited)

Billy Tucker

as Boy (uncredited)

Robert Tucker

as Boy (uncredited)

King Vidor

as Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)